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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1991

Filed:

Jul. 20, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:

Kazunari Tezuka, Niiza, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180249 ; 180197 ; 36442603 ;
Abstract

A central differential distributes output torque of a transmission to front wheels and rear wheels of a vehicle. A fluid-operated restricting device is provided for restricting the differential operation of the central differential. The central differential is arranged to distribute a larger torque to the rear wheels than that to the front wheels. A slip ratio of the rear wheels is calculated, and a desired slip ratio is set based on driving conditions of the vehicle. A slip ratio deviation of the rear-wheel slip ratio from the desired slip ratio is obtained. The fluid-operated restricting device is operated in accordance with the slip ratio deviation, in such a manner that the restricting magnitude increases with an increase of the slip ratio deviation.


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